Simple Definition of banal
: boring or ordinary : not interesting
Examples of banal in a sentence
The more banal, the more commonplace, the more predictable, the triter, the staler, the dumber, the better. —Don DeLillo, Mao II, 1991
… it seemed to me that computers have been used in ways that are salutary, in ways that are dangerous, banal and cruel, and in ways that seem harmless if a little silly. —Tracy Kidder, The Soul of a New Machine, 1981
The instructor's script is banal, relying heavily on images of waves on a beach or clouds in the sky. —Maxine Kumin, “Wintering Over,” 1979, in In Deep, 1987
He made some banal remarks about the weather.
The writing was banal but the story was good.
Origin of banal
French, from Middle French, of compulsory feudal service, possessed in common, commonplace, from ban
First Known Use: 1825
Synonym Discussion of banal
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